It is often hard to keep perspective when you are in the middle of a hurricane, but it is important to understand when you are experiencing history first hand. In my relativity short career I have been at the center of three
historic live changing events: The rise of the Internet, 9/11 and the
current financial crisis.
In 1995, I experienced Netscape's IPO and a few years later I started my own company which focuses on how the Intenet changes and how we retrieve information as well as interact with each other.
Six years later, September 11, 2001, my employees had to evacuate our office at 180 Broadway, one block from where two commercial planes flew into the World Trade Centers.
Today, the full effects of the current financial crisis are not yet clear, but we are again in the midst of an historic event. September 16, 2008 has gone down in history as the biggest one day stock market point-drop ever and wiped out $1.2 trillion in market value.
I am not sure how all of these events will impact the future, but I know it is important to be aware that we are witnessing history. One day our kids and grandkids will ask us about these events and I want to be able to tell them what happend.
